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Fruit, frame looks really nice. Love them.

In sharp contrast ^^^... New build's coming along, should be ready to roll by the weekend... All the components are old, free, cheap eBay/LFGSS bits... Apart from a new BB, chain, chainring bolts and a 19t cog (and the paint), that's it... BTW The white Ourys are a joke, I've got some old black ones that'll go on for now... The FunBike™ is nearly finished, haven't decided if I'm gonna put a brake on yet...

kl poster... frame looks ok

just "finished this"

De rosa track bike 1981, raced by danny clark in 81/82. it is confirmed that he took the bike to the 1981 world keirin championships and a number of other events (not sure which events where won on it yet), i have got almost all the history but still in the process of completing. Anyway I am one happy bunny.

spec:

Frame and forks built from columbus tubing
campa record pista chrome headset, bb and seat post.
cinelli stem and bars
dura ace chainset and hubs
olimpic track pedals

dura ace chainset and hubs

bike is original apart from saddle and bartape. Itis currently on its training wheels with normandy hubs, i am restoring the dura ace wheels at the moment (never seen the hubs before they look a bit like sheriffstars).

YouTube- 1982 Track World Keirin Final. Singleton v Clark

forgot to mention, it is also one of the first de rosa track bikes ever made, when ugo de rosa was still working from his shed.

@Mr C
in the B&W photo I'm surprised by the handlebar they use on the track, it looks like road handlebars with a long flat at the top. Is that common to use such handlebars on the track ?

Very very nice ^

And great that you know the history of it all.

Are those bars cinelli pista? or criterium

yep these bars seem to be common, a lot of track bikes run for example criterium bars (like on the de rosa) which are kind of suited for both, track and road. It all depends on your riding style and kind of race. The "normal" bars give you more control but not the areodynamical postion of the deep drops.

1st comment didn't do it justice...

Its awesome! I love its simplicity.

if the weather is good, ill ride ot over to ur place when i pic the nitto bars up, pics don't do it justice.

I respect the fact that these are your choices...

if the weather is good, ill ride ot over to ur place when i pic the nitto bars up, pics don't do it justice.

Ok cool, i don't mind holding the bars for you for a few days if you definetly want them.
It would be great to see it "in the flesh" but would you ride it brakless and in that big gear?

He is a dick!

I heard he likes fishdicks

@ recycled: na, i am gonna go down to 48/17 which gives me a 74.7, that should be manageable

cheers for holding those bars for me (really like your white roberts by the way).

here is another pic

I heard he likes fishdicks

@ recycled: na, i am gonna go down to 48/17 which gives me a 74.7, that should be manageable

cheers for holding those bars for me (really like your white roberts by the way).

here is another pic

Cheers, Ye i think i'm going to go with crits on the roberts and the 1r cinelli stem, think i might copy you and go half way with the tape, not sure though.

My Eastern bloc Record track bike. Planning to get a respray this winter, Black with red stars or hammer and sickle? or raw with clearcoat one things for certain the matching tyres will have to go
The finish is not great bit concerned over the lumpiness around the seat stays should I do a bit of home finishing before a respray/powdercoat

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@MR.C - Awesome looking bike sir. Needs a head-badge tho, maybe a picture of cake or something.

@Mr.C - I think Ugo De Rosa was well past working in his shed in 1981, his company was twenty five years old then!

Lovely frame though, please get it resprayed with proper decals at some point in the future.

@ andy, ok shed is somewhat of an exageration, but:

  *The end of the eighties also saw De Rosa outgrow the small work shop        adjacent to his home where all his frames had been made, and he moved to a        larger space in Cusano Milanino and assigned his sons definite
  responsibilities. Danilo and Doriano learned well from their father and        started to work beside him in the most critical phases of frame        construction while Cristiano took over the commercial side of the        business.*

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/De-Rosa/derosa_history.htm

i have had a long discussion with the second owner of the bike and he told me that it has always been "just" white. You can also see this in the picture i posted above. I am tempted to stick decals on myself but might resist.

more here!

Want!

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Whats with all these amazing bikes recently...

Beautiful bike superprecise.Looks like a really nice ride.

Whats with all these amazing bikes recently...

Yeah it's good to see.Bring 'em on!

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Whats with all these amazing bikes recently...

Thanks!